US House committee skeptical of some FBI claims, also critical of Apple for offering no solution after both sides ask for laws on new encryption technologies
Apple and FBI in plea for encryption legislation — The FBI and Apple on Tuesday both urged Congress to produce legislation …
DisplayPort 1.4 to support 8K displays, work with USB-C
Big changes are coming to the popular DisplayPort display standard, with version 1.4 promising support for 8K displays. — DisplayPort 1.4 will allow 8K displays to hook up to laptops, smartphones an...
Brazilian judge orders release of Facebook VP for Latin America Diego Dzodan after he was arrested for not complying with court order to share data with police
Brazil judge orders release of Facebook executive — Sao Paulo (AFP) - A Brazilian judge ordered the release Wednesday …
iOS 9.3 may let IT admins dictate homescreen layout, blacklist or whitelist apps, and enforce notification settings on employee iPhones
IOS 9.3 might let IT admins dictate app position on employee iPhone homescreens — Employers will have greater control of company-issued iPhone with iOS 9.3 …
Revised Investigatory Powers Bill introduced in UK parliament, said to include safeguards for privacy but requires ISPs store browsing data for 12 months
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Facebook will now show Live Videos higher in News Feed provided they are currently live and not recordings
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US military launches cyber attacks on ISIS in Mosul, openly announces it probably for the first time
US military launches cyber attacks on ISIS in Mosul, and announces it — Secretary of defense reveals cyber attacks in advance of ground battle for city.
Facebook Hit With German Antitrust Investigation Over User Terms
The German federal competition authority has opened an investigation into Facebook fb , over what it suspects is “an abusive imposition of unfair conditions on users.” — The Bundeskartellamt said We...
Zynga board member Frank Gibeau to replace founder Mark Pincus as CEO; Pincus now executive chairman
Mark Pincus is out as CEO of Zynga after less than a year — and a turnaround expert is in — Mark Pincus has stepped down from his role as CEO of publicly-traded social game developer Zynga …
Hands-on with the Meta 2 AR headset, which impresses with a 90-degree field of view and 2560×1440 display; preorders start today for $949, shipping Q3 2016
Hands-on with the $949 mind-bending Meta 2 augmented reality headset — As modern virtual reality welcomes its consumer moment …
Qualcomm agrees to pay $7.5M to settle SEC allegations it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing government officials in China
Qualcomm Settles SEC Charges That It Repeatedly Bribed Chinese Officials To Gain An Edge — For at least a decade, Qualcomm has bribed government officials …
Source: Facebook may pay up to six figures for some celebrities to use its live streaming service in promotional push
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Inside indie photo app developer Pixite's struggle as US app market reaches saturation
Life and death in the App Store — As last year began, the app developer Pixite held its company retreat at a converted Old West movie set outside of Palm Springs.
Cisco buys two-year-old Israeli semiconductor startup Leaba for $380M
Cisco buys two-year-old Israeli startup Leaba for $380 million — As far as semiconductors go, they aren't exactly the headline grabbers of modern tech. But when you see a multinational like Cisco d...
Source: Slack is looking to raise more than $150M in new round of financing
Slack Technologies Seeks Funding for Business Messaging App — Business software startup looking to raise more than $150 million in new round of financing — Slack Technologies Inc. is approaching i...
Cryptography pioneers Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman win $1M Turing Award
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Jay Z's streaming music service Tidal has fired CFO Chris Hart and COO Nils Juell
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AT&T says it plans to launch a web TV service by this fall, to have three tiers including free
Peter Kafka / Re/code :
SurveyMonkey to Lay Off 100 and Retool Business Product
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Twitter launches Moments in Australia, partnering with the ABC, BuzzFeed Australia, and more
Yolanda Redrup / Financial Review :
Cisco to pay $260M for cloud management software provider CliQr
Jonathan Vanian / Fortune :
Chinese ad firm Mobvista acquires mobile ad-tech startup NativeX in an all-cash deal worth about $24.5M
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Fidelity marks down value of its stakes in Dropbox by 10%, CloudFlare by 31%, Twilio by 13%, DocuSign by 17% from December to January
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg Business : Tweets: @jeremiahlee and @sameerpatel Tweets: Jeremiah Lee / @jeremiahlee : Fidelity is bullish on Pinterest, but not Cloudflare. That's some investor bulls**t....
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